{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":864435,"song":"Donkey Town","artist":"Mark Knopfler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11602924-donkey-town-chords-by-mark-knopfler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/864435?type=chord","rating":4.8857,"votes":34,"content":"This is from the album \"All the roadrunning\" with Emmylou Harris, enjoy it:\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been around in Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo long, Baby, too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChecking out of Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo long, so long, so long.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer pretty eyes are pretty still[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Jim's got a quite of a squint, yeah[/tab]\r\n  \r\nI dug my last check from out of the mine\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I feel like I've done my stint.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJim got an army pension[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he walked from the military court[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody ever mentions the medical report.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe does little things for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe likes to get the both of us high, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe says I am a tender-hearted man\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPrince Charming, yeah, sure, I'm the guy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe likes the wrecker's dogs on chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the smoke from the company fires[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDiesel oil in the trucks and cranes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the smell of burning tires.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been around in Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo long, Baby, too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChecking out of Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo long, so long, so long.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a purple heart in a silver tin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a grey .45 in a draw, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\nMost of the time you can drink with him\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut some other time he's just sore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn days when she says she can't think straight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr feels like she's getting the jumps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe'll go shoot off her .38[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt cans at a Donkey Town dump.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was Friday late and she crossed those legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe told me flat out, she would, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf I could pull up my trailer legs\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe could get away together for good.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sure wish her the best of luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe's going to need it, thinking of Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't like to leave her stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she's near as bad as him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been around in Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo long, Baby, too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChecking out of Donkey Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo long, so long, so long.[/tab]","plain_text":"This is from the album \"All the roadrunning\" with Emmylou Harris, enjoy it:\n\nIntro:\n\nC  F  G  C\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nI dug my last check from out of the mine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe says I am a tender-hearted man\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMost of the time you can drink with him\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf I could pull up my trailer legs","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}